Diqin Designer

Chapter 120 The King of Qin has a great talent around him

If those fatal flaws are not corrected, the powerful Qin will gradually go towards collapse.

Even if the King of Qin could calm people for a while by bringing fear to them, he could not do so forever.

It may even cause a more severe backlash because it has been suppressed for too long. Once the King of Qin dies, the whole world will fall apart, and the powerful Qin will be torn apart by the angry forces from all sides.

Given the temperament of the King of Qin, it is almost impossible for him to make corrections to Qin. He will not correct those fatal shortcomings at all. Instead, he may add fuel to the fire and make the gaps bigger.

This is the ending of the Qin State that the young man concluded: it seemed strong, but in fact it was on the verge of destruction!

Most people in the world could not see the crisis of Qin, nor could they foresee its end. How could such a huge and powerful country perish so easily?
But the young man was a minority in the world. He could see it, but he couldn't understand it at the moment. Something he didn't expect happened - the King of Qin actually changed his temperament, amended the Qin laws, and even made something to celebrate with all the people in the world.

The will of some people is difficult to change, just like him, and the same is true for the King of Qin. Without major changes, it will be difficult to change his nature and ambition.

But this thing that shouldn't have happened actually happened!

What caused the King of Qin to change, was it the person or the thing?

Probably a human!

The young man seemed to see the Xianyang Palace, where a man was advising the King of Qin, pointing out the shortcomings of Qin, discussing its impacts and gains and losses, and pointing out that if Qin did not change, it would perish.

The King of Qin was greatly shocked, thought about it carefully, and agreed with it deeply. He then accepted his proposal, changed the laws, reduced corvée and levies, won the hearts of the people, and pulled Qin back from the brink of destruction.

The way the King of Qin is doing now can win the hearts of the people and ensure the stability of the country. Even if the King of Qin dies of old age, as long as the next King of Qin is not too bad, the country's prosperity will be extended.

The young man could no longer foresee when Qin would perish, and he might not even see it until his death.

But he would never allow such a thing!

Qin destroyed his country, and Qin would also perish. If he could not see the fall of Qin and revive Han, what would be the meaning of his life? How could he comfort the spirits of his father and great-grandfather in heaven?
Why, when Qin was on the road to destruction, did someone come out to point out Qin's shortcomings and ask the King of Qin to correct them?
The young man was puzzled. A person who could see Qin's shortcomings must be one of the wisest people in the world. Why would such a person give advice to the King of Qin?

The King of Qin is clearly a tyrant. He has conquered the world and all the people in the world are his slaves. Wouldn't it be better to destroy this tyrant and his Qin Dynasty?
It is best for Qin, a tiger and a wolf, to go to the grave!
Unless this person is not a citizen of the six kingdoms and has no national hatred or family feud with the King of Qin and the Qin State, and he is born in Guanzhong, he may even be a member of the Qin royal family.

It is just as Laozi said in Tao Te Ching, 'Heaven and Earth have no benevolence and treat all things as straw dogs'. God is blind. The Qin Dynasty conquered the six kingdoms, causing bloodshed across the world and causing so many people to be broken up and displaced. Yet, such a great talent was born in the Qin royal family to save the country from decline.

In the eyes of heaven and earth, no matter how many people die or how many things happen in the mortal world, they are nothing more than a speck of dust or a wisp of breeze.

The young man who was thinking calmly seemed out of place among the drinkers in the tavern who were enthusiastically discussing the Qin King's decrees.

After taking another look at the guests, the young man picked up his bamboo hat, put on his raincoat, pushed open the door of the tavern, and walked resolutely into the rain. In the city, at a certain family, the young man took off his bamboo hat, took off his raincoat, changed into clean clothes, and walked into the living room of the family.

Seeing a man sitting at a desk in the hall reading bamboo slips, the young man bowed and said, "Greetings, Uncle Liang!"

The person who was viewing the bamboo slips raised his head and looked at the young man, with a smile on his face: "It's Zifang who is back. Did you gain anything from your outing today? Zifang, sit down and talk!"

After the young man sat down in front of a desk, he said, "I have heard a lot, seen a lot, and thought a lot today."

Hearing the young man's three "very many", the smile on the face of the person viewing the bamboo slips faded, as if he understood something. He rolled up the bamboo slips on the table in front of him and sighed, "Does Zifang have any plans?"

The young man said, "Liang is planning to go to Xianyang!"

The person who was looking at the bamboo slips was a middle-aged man whose ancestors were also Korean. He had an old relationship with the young man's family, so when the young man came here to travel, he stayed at his home.

Hearing the young man's words, the middle-aged man sighed again and looked at the young man: "Zifang's determination is hard to change. Even if I say that I don't want Zifang to go to Xianyang, Zifang will not listen. Your decision is not unexpected to me. Qin has changed a lot in recent days."

"Qin is a country of tigers and wolves, and the King of Qin is also a king of tigers and wolves. He is greedy and tyrannical by nature. I didn't expect that he would change his nature and spread various policies to the world. Although they have not been implemented yet, the people's hearts have been gathered. If it is true as the rumors say, he will win the hearts of most people, if not all of them."

"There must be someone who advised the King of Qin to change his mind. The person who advised the King of Qin must be a man of great talent, who has a deep understanding of the people and knows that Qin destroyed the six kingdoms. Although the people of the six kingdoms hate the destruction of their kingdoms and the killing of their relatives, all these hatreds can be resolved. What the people need is nothing more than enough food and clothing."

"As long as the King of Qin can do them good, they will put aside their hatred. What about the people of Qi, Han, or Zhao? The common people only know small favors and forget the great principles!"

The middle-aged man's tone contained reluctance, disdain, and shame, as well as dissatisfaction with the people of the six countries. He believed that the people of the six countries were lured by the Qin King's mere petty profits and forgot the national hatred and family feud that Qin brought to them.

How could you forget that it was Qin that destroyed your country, harmed your king, and killed your relatives. You wanted to rise up against that ferocious Qin, but why are you still singing praises for the little bit of profit thrown by the King of Qin?

In fact, middle-aged men do not understand that "every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the country, but no man is responsible for the rise and fall of the country."

Although the people of the six states were nominally Qi, Han, and Chu, would the royal family of Chu share in the delicacies they received? Would the king of Qi let them enjoy the jade wares he used?
will not!

How much do the capture of the King of Qi and the destruction of the State of Chu have to do with the people of Qi and Chu?

They had no share in enjoying the benefits, but now that their country has been destroyed and they want revenge, they are the ones who have to take action.

The middle-aged man felt that he hated Qin, and the people of the six countries that lost their country must also hate Qin. If they did not hate Qin, it would mean that they "only knew small favors and forgot great righteousness", which would be betrayal. Little did he know that he was fundamentally different from ordinary people.

They are high-ranking aristocrats who follow the royal family to suck the fat of the people and eat and drink well, while the ordinary people are the objects of their absorption. The so-called Qi and Chu are more of the countries of these aristocrats. What do they have to do with the people?
If this is the case, then what's wrong with abandoning the original identities of Qi, Chu, and Han and becoming Qin people?
Anyway, in their original country, they were never treated as human beings.

(End of this chapter)